Eyeballing the BP Global Texas City Complex

26 March 2005

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Jacobs CEO Noel Watson Makes Statement Regarding BP Texas City Explosion
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2005--Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) CEO Noel Watson has issued the following statement regarding the deaths at the BP Texas City refinery:
"All of us at Jacobs are devastated by the tragic loss of 11 of our colleagues and the injuries to a number of others in the explosion that occurred yesterday at the BP refinery in Texas City. About 375 employees of Jacobs and its JE Merit Constructors subsidiary were involved in turnaround work at a separate unit close to the isomerization unit where the explosion occurred.
"Right now our utmost concern is for the people and families directly affected by this terrible tragedy.
"Even though Jacobs was not performing any work on the isomerization unit, a number of our employees were meeting in a staff office trailer about 150 yards from that unit when it exploded. The ultracracker unit where our employees were working had been shut down for the turnaround.
"I am sure I speak for everyone in the company when I say that our hearts go out to all those whose lives have been affected by this tragedy. We are doing all that we can to support our people and their families at this time."
CONTACT: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Rod Sharp, 626-578-6992
SOURCE: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

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In this undated photo provided by the King family, Morris King of Baytown, Texas, is seen. King, a plant manager for contractor J.E. Merit, was one of the those confirmed killed in the the BP refinery explosion in Texas, Wednesday, March 23, 2005. King's son, Mark King, said his father was working on a project at the plant and would have been finished in a couple of weeks. His family said they were told Morris King was working in an office trailer when the explosion occurred. (AP Photo/King Family)
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Investigators sift through the rubble of the BP plant Thursday, March 24, 2005, the day after an explosion rocked the facility, killing 15 people and injured several others Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)

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Paula Cruz, hand to face, is comforted as she leaves the Texas City Government Center, Friday, March 25, 2004. Cruz's 32-year old daughter, Lorie Cruz, was one of the15 people killed in an explosion at the BP Refinery Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
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Paula Cruz holds a picture Thursday, March 24, 2005, of her daughter, Lorena Cruz, 32, of La Porte, Texas, who worked at the BP plant in Texas City, Texas. Paula Cruz does not know if her daughter is still alive. The medical examiner released the names of six of the 15 victims, Cruz was not listed. Families are waiting to hear about loved ones after an explosion Wednesday at the BP Plant in Texas City. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Carlos Antonio Rios)

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A Texas City police officer, left, walks by a person waiting outside Texas City Convention Center, Thursday, March 24, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. Friends and family members of those killed in Wednesday's explosion at the BP refinery plant were notified of their loved ones fatalities before being escorted to the Galvestion, Texas Medical Examiner's Office for positive identification. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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People hug outside the Texas City, Texas, convention center Thursday, March 24, 2005, as family members gathered to get information about friends and relatives following the Wednesday explosion that killed 15 at the BP oil refinery in Texas City. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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** FILE ** Smoke rises from a waterfront explosion in Texas City, Texas, April 16, 1947. The rotten-egg smell from the refineries, the chemical haze, the noise that sounds like a jet plane, the explosions and fires _ they are part of life in Texas City. People who live here say they not inclined to move out, not even after a blast Wednesday, March 23, 2005, that killed more than a dozen people. This is, after all, the site of the nation's deadliest industrial accident, a waterfront explosion that killed more than 570 persons in 1947. (AP Photo/The Houston Chronicle, File)
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Texas City, Texas was the site of the nation's deadliest industrial accident, a waterfront explosion that killed 576 in 1947. A fiery explosion Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at a BP oil refinery in Texas City shot flames high into the sky and showered plant grounds with ash and chunks of charred metal, killing atleast 15 people. (AP Photo/Houston Post)

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A refinery employee reacts after news of deaths from an explosion at a BP oil refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. Several workers were killed and more than 100 injured. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Carlos Javier Sanchez)
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A refinery employee waits outside the BP oil refinery after an explosion Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. An explosion rocked a BP oil refinery killing at least 14 people, injuring more than 100, and sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Carlos Javier Sanchez)

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Bill Hensley, back, checks on BP employee Virgle Watson at the Mainland Medical Center after an explosion at the BP oil refinery plant in Texas City, Texas on Wednesday, March 23, 2005. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people, injuring more than 100 and sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said.(AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Dwight Andrews)
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Part of the sprawling BP operation in Texas City, Texas, is shown Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, as oil prices moved above $50 per barrel for the first time. The plant is BP's largest refinery and the third largest refinery in the U.S. Analysts said instability in the Middle East, political unrest in Nigeria, Africa's top oil exporter, and damage to U.S. production from the Caribbean's hurricanes were keeping traders on edge about world supplies. (AP Photo/Kevin Bartram)

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A fire burns at the BP Refinery plant in Texas City, Texas, Tuesday night, March 30, 2004. An explosion apparently caused by a fire in a furnace in a unit at the BP Refinery forced the evacuation of the plant Tuesday night. There were no reports of injuries, said B.C. Clawson, Texas City emergency management coordinator. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Chad Greene)
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A fire burns inside a BP plant in Texas City, Texas, Tuesday, March 30, 2004. An explosion apparently caused by a fire in a furnace in a unit at the BP facility forced the evacuation of the plant Tuesday night. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News/Kevin Bartram)

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A fire continues to burn on a gas drilling barge owned by Transocean Inc near Texas City, Texas, Wednesday, June 18, 2003. One worker was killed and four injured by an explosion aboard the rig in upper Galveston Bay. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin Bartram)
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Black smoke drifts across the Texas City, Texas skyline Wednesday, March 6, 2002. The Texas City Fire Department declared a Level 3 emergency and called for residents to shelter in place after a transformer explosion cut power to the Marathon and Valero refineries. Without power the plants were forced to burn off materials in the affected units. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin Bartram)

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Jon Love attaches barbed wire to new fencing at the Amoco Oil plant Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001, in Texas City, Texas. The state task force on homeland security is expected to make its first batch of formal recommendations on improving preparedness for a terrorist attack to Gov. Rick Perry. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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A study released Wednesday, July 22, 1998, by a consumer activist group found that there's more potential for a disastrous leak in the Houston area than anywhere else in the country. Scores of refineries and chemical plants, such as the Texas City plant shown, are in and around the Houston Ship Channel. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Captions by Associated Press.

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Flames erupt from the BP Amoco PLC oil refinery plant in Texas City, Texas after an explosion on Wednesday, March 23, 2005. BP spokesman Neil Chapman confirmed fatalities, but said he did not have a total number. There are ``more than one,'' he said. BP's Texas City plant is a 1,200-acre spread with 30 refinery units. The plant processes 433,000 barrels of crude oil a day. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Dwight Andrews)
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A car passes on Highway 146 as flames erupt from the BP oil refinery plant after an explosion on Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion, which occurred in a part of the plant used to boost the octane level of gasoline, killed at least one person and injured more than 70 people. The cause is unknown. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Chad Greene)

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Firefighers pour water on a damaged unit as rescue personnel search for victims following an explosion that rocked the BP refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people and injured more than 100. The fire was extinguished after a few hours, and workers were searching through rubble for survivors or bodies. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)
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Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that killed an undetermined number of people and injured more than 100, at the BP refinery, Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. BP spokesman Neil Chapman confirmed fatalities but did not have a total number. The fire was extinguished after a few hours, and workers were searching through rubble for survivors or bodies. The explosion occurred in a part of the plant used to boost the octane level of gasoline. The cause is unknown. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)

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Firefighers and rescue personnel search the rubble for victims following an explosion at the BP oil refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people and injured more than 100. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)
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Firefighters pour water onto a smoldering unit following an explosion at the BP oil refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people, injuring more than 100 and sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said. (AP Photo /Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle)

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Firefighers and rescue personnel search the rubble for victims following an explosion at the BP oil refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people and injured more than 100. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)
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Emergency officials load a BP employee into a life flight helicopter at the Mainland Medical Center to be taken to Memorial Herman Hospital after an explosion at the BP oil refinery plant in Texas City, Texas on Wednesday, March 23, 2005. An explosion rocked the refinery Wednesday, killing an undetermined number of people, injuring more than 100 and sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Dwight Andrews)

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An ambulance leaves a BP Oil Refinery in Texas City Wed March 23, 2005 after an explosion which injured at least 10 people. (AP Photo / Michael Stravato)
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Police block roads around a BP Oil Refinery in Texas City, Wednesday March 23, 2005 after an explosion which injured at least 10 people. (AP Photo / Michael Stravato)

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An early morning view of the BP refinery, Thursday March 24, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. All but one of the 1,800 or so oil refinery workers have been accounted for after overnight search efforts following the thunderous blast killed 14 workers and injured more than 100 other people, the refinery manager said Thursday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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A U.S. flag and a BP flag wave in the wind at half staff in front of the BP refinery, Thursday, March 24, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The plant was rocked by an explosion Wednesday that left 14 employees dead. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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An early morning view of the BP refinery, Thursday March 24, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. All but one of the 1,800 or so oil refinery workers have been accounted for after overnight search efforts following the thunderous blast killed 14 workers and injured more than 100 other people, the refinery manager said Thursday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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A wreath is places at the front gate of the BP Refinery in Texas City, Texas, Thursday, March 24, 2005, after an explosion at the plant Wednesday killed 15 an injured more than 100 people. (AP Photo/Bilol Haber)

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Eyeballing the BP Global Texas City Complex

Next 18 Associated Press Photos added 25 March 2005. Captions by Associated Press.
In this undated photo provided by the King family, Morris King of Baytown, Texas, is seen. King, a plant manager for contractor J.E. Merit, was one of the those confirmed killed in the the BP refinery explosion in Texas, Wednesday, March 23, 2005. King's son, Mark King, said his father was working on a project at the plant and would have been finished in a couple of weeks. His family said they were told Morris King was working in an office trailer when the explosion occurred. (AP Photo/King Family)	Investigators sift through the rubble of the BP plant Thursday, March 24, 2005, the day after an explosion rocked the facility, killing 15 people and injured several others Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)
Paula Cruz, hand to face, is comforted as she leaves the Texas City Government Center, Friday, March 25, 2004. Cruz's 32-year old daughter, Lorie Cruz, was one of the15 people killed in an explosion at the BP Refinery Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)	Paula Cruz holds a picture Thursday, March 24, 2005, of her daughter, Lorena Cruz, 32, of La Porte, Texas, who worked at the BP plant in Texas City, Texas. Paula Cruz does not know if her daughter is still alive. The medical examiner released the names of six of the 15 victims, Cruz was not listed. Families are waiting to hear about loved ones after an explosion Wednesday at the BP Plant in Texas City. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Carlos Antonio Rios)
A Texas City police officer, left, walks by a person waiting outside Texas City Convention Center, Thursday, March 24, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. Friends and family members of those killed in Wednesday's explosion at the BP refinery plant were notified of their loved ones fatalities before being escorted to the Galvestion, Texas Medical Examiner's Office for positive identification. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)	People hug outside the Texas City, Texas, convention center Thursday, March 24, 2005, as family members gathered to get information about friends and relatives following the Wednesday explosion that killed 15 at the BP oil refinery in Texas City. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
FILE Smoke rises from a waterfront explosion in Texas City, Texas, April 16, 1947. The rotten-egg smell from the refineries, the chemical haze, the noise that sounds like a jet plane, the explosions and fires _ they are part of life in Texas City. People who live here say they not inclined to move out, not even after a blast Wednesday, March 23, 2005, that killed more than a dozen people. This is, after all, the site of the nation's deadliest industrial accident, a waterfront explosion that killed more than 570 persons in 1947. (AP Photo/The Houston Chronicle, File)	Texas City, Texas was the site of the nation's deadliest industrial accident, a waterfront explosion that killed 576 in 1947. A fiery explosion Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at a BP oil refinery in Texas City shot flames high into the sky and showered plant grounds with ash and chunks of charred metal, killing atleast 15 people. (AP Photo/Houston Post)
A refinery employee reacts after news of deaths from an explosion at a BP oil refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. Several workers were killed and more than 100 injured. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Carlos Javier Sanchez)	A refinery employee waits outside the BP oil refinery after an explosion Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. An explosion rocked a BP oil refinery killing at least 14 people, injuring more than 100, and sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Carlos Javier Sanchez)
Bill Hensley, back, checks on BP employee Virgle Watson at the Mainland Medical Center after an explosion at the BP oil refinery plant in Texas City, Texas on Wednesday, March 23, 2005. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people, injuring more than 100 and sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said.(AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Dwight Andrews)	Part of the sprawling BP operation in Texas City, Texas, is shown Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, as oil prices moved above $50 per barrel for the first time. The plant is BP's largest refinery and the third largest refinery in the U.S. Analysts said instability in the Middle East, political unrest in Nigeria, Africa's top oil exporter, and damage to U.S. production from the Caribbean's hurricanes were keeping traders on edge about world supplies. (AP Photo/Kevin Bartram)
A fire burns at the BP Refinery plant in Texas City, Texas, Tuesday night, March 30, 2004. An explosion apparently caused by a fire in a furnace in a unit at the BP Refinery forced the evacuation of the plant Tuesday night. There were no reports of injuries, said B.C. Clawson, Texas City emergency management coordinator. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Chad Greene)	A fire burns inside a BP plant in Texas City, Texas, Tuesday, March 30, 2004. An explosion apparently caused by a fire in a furnace in a unit at the BP facility forced the evacuation of the plant Tuesday night. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News/Kevin Bartram)
A fire continues to burn on a gas drilling barge owned by Transocean Inc near Texas City, Texas, Wednesday, June 18, 2003. One worker was killed and four injured by an explosion aboard the rig in upper Galveston Bay. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin Bartram)	Black smoke drifts across the Texas City, Texas skyline Wednesday, March 6, 2002. The Texas City Fire Department declared a Level 3 emergency and called for residents to shelter in place after a transformer explosion cut power to the Marathon and Valero refineries. Without power the plants were forced to burn off materials in the affected units. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin Bartram)
Jon Love attaches barbed wire to new fencing at the Amoco Oil plant Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001, in Texas City, Texas. The state task force on homeland security is expected to make its first batch of formal recommendations on improving preparedness for a terrorist attack to Gov. Rick Perry. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)	A study released Wednesday, July 22, 1998, by a consumer activist group found that there's more potential for a disastrous leak in the Houston area than anywhere else in the country. Scores of refineries and chemical plants, such as the Texas City plant shown, are in and around the Houston Ship Channel. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Captions by Associated Press.
Flames erupt from the BP Amoco PLC oil refinery plant in Texas City, Texas after an explosion on Wednesday, March 23, 2005. BP spokesman Neil Chapman confirmed fatalities, but said he did not have a total number. There are ``more than one,'' he said. BP's Texas City plant is a 1,200-acre spread with 30 refinery units. The plant processes 433,000 barrels of crude oil a day. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Dwight Andrews)	A car passes on Highway 146 as flames erupt from the BP oil refinery plant after an explosion on Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion, which occurred in a part of the plant used to boost the octane level of gasoline, killed at least one person and injured more than 70 people. The cause is unknown. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Chad Greene)
Firefighers pour water on a damaged unit as rescue personnel search for victims following an explosion that rocked the BP refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people and injured more than 100. The fire was extinguished after a few hours, and workers were searching through rubble for survivors or bodies. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)	Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that killed an undetermined number of people and injured more than 100, at the BP refinery, Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. BP spokesman Neil Chapman confirmed fatalities but did not have a total number. The fire was extinguished after a few hours, and workers were searching through rubble for survivors or bodies. The explosion occurred in a part of the plant used to boost the octane level of gasoline. The cause is unknown. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)
Firefighers and rescue personnel search the rubble for victims following an explosion at the BP oil refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people and injured more than 100. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)	Firefighters pour water onto a smoldering unit following an explosion at the BP oil refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people, injuring more than 100 and sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said. (AP Photo /Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle)
Firefighers and rescue personnel search the rubble for victims following an explosion at the BP oil refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed an undetermined number of people and injured more than 100. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)	Emergency officials load a BP employee into a life flight helicopter at the Mainland Medical Center to be taken to Memorial Herman Hospital after an explosion at the BP oil refinery plant in Texas City, Texas on Wednesday, March 23, 2005. An explosion rocked the refinery Wednesday, killing an undetermined number of people, injuring more than 100 and sending flames and black smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Dwight Andrews)
An ambulance leaves a BP Oil Refinery in Texas City Wed March 23, 2005 after an explosion which injured at least 10 people. (AP Photo / Michael Stravato)	Police block roads around a BP Oil Refinery in Texas City, Wednesday March 23, 2005 after an explosion which injured at least 10 people. (AP Photo / Michael Stravato)
An early morning view of the BP refinery, Thursday March 24, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. All but one of the 1,800 or so oil refinery workers have been accounted for after overnight search efforts following the thunderous blast killed 14 workers and injured more than 100 other people, the refinery manager said Thursday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)	A U.S. flag and a BP flag wave in the wind at half staff in front of the BP refinery, Thursday, March 24, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The plant was rocked by an explosion Wednesday that left 14 employees dead. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
An early morning view of the BP refinery, Thursday March 24, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. All but one of the 1,800 or so oil refinery workers have been accounted for after overnight search efforts following the thunderous blast killed 14 workers and injured more than 100 other people, the refinery manager said Thursday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)	A wreath is places at the front gate of the BP Refinery in Texas City, Texas, Thursday, March 24, 2005, after an explosion at the plant Wednesday killed 15 an injured more than 100 people. (AP Photo/Bilol Haber)

NOAA Aerial dated 1993
USGS Terraserver-USA Aerial Dated 23 January 1995